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By jdupuis on September 7, 2010.

Inspired by Bora, but with perhaps a slightly different emphasis.

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  • Get in the goddamn wagon
  • The All E-Book Diet
  • A glimpse into the future of the classroom: how the Steelcase node will change the way we teach
  • Wikipedia for Credit
  • Cornering the Marketplace of Ideas
  • Geeky fun: The "sound" of different sorting algorithms
  • Textbook Publishing vs. Lifelong Learning Publishing
  • Newly Customized Majors Suit Students With Passions All Their Own
  • Wikipedia, and the librarians who hate and fear it and Wikipedia Sucks!
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